Direct Youtube link: Hey Jerrie: 91-year-old drummer, the newest video created by Allee Willis,  Grammy, Emmy, Tony and Webby awards winning composer, artist, animator, pop culture freak, director, technologist and party thrower. As People Magazine said, “…invitations to Allee Willis’ ultra-exclusive parties are the campiest hot tickets in LA.”  Yesterday Allee had one of her coolest parties to launch this latest video, featuring her and Jerrie Thill, but to be there, of course,  you have to be invited and live anywhere  near LA.

                                                                        

Can a 91-year-old inspire you? Yes, she can. She did inspire Allee Willis to write a new song, her tribute to Jerrie, who is a perfect  example of someone who healthy aging, strong spirit and happy soul has only empowered. She is an inspiration to women of all ages.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) once said, “There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art and knowledge.” Jerrie has it all, and even if she is on oxygen tank and shows signs of aging physically, she is young spiritually. This lady is more active today than most people half her age. So, what age has in store for her? To do what is most important in a timeless system of balance: continue to live active life, network with family, good friends and colleagues, and play old and new, modern and exciting music for herself and other people.

“Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other.”–Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), USA

Now watch Jerry’s life and soul journey as “an unfolding of infinite self.”

Jerrie Thill is a different drummer, she is simply classic. And she promised us, “It’s not over yet.”

“If man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him stop to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”–Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

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Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYZkFOZoP-o